Allahabad HC Restores YouTuber's Maintenance Plea, Cites Lack of Income Proof

• Allahabad HC set aside a Bareilly family court order denying maintenance to YouTuber Farha Naz, which was based on her social media earnings.
• Justice Harvir Singh ruled that the family court failed to concretely determine income with evidence, relying instead on presumption.
• The HC emphasized that the mere capacity to earn cannot be equated with actual earnings, and maintenance claims require concrete financial data.
• The family court also failed to properly assess the husband's income, despite his employment as a Class III employee in Nagar Palika, Bareilly.
• Citing Supreme Court's Rajnesh vs Neha judgment, the HC directed the family court to reassess the case with proper income disclosure from both parties.

Why It Matters: Courts must assess actual income with evidence, not just earning capacity, for maintenance pleas.